Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-04-08
ANOTHER REPLY.
DEER CREEK. April 9TH, 1887

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lie cannot understand the subject. Is Z
wrong TO sell that which all the laws !
Il the land license, and in which busi- |
less millions Of money is invested?
The first thing we want to know is, I
who says the sale of liquor is the same |
Is to steal and murder. Mr.. Taylor is
the man that does not know that one
is legitimate business and the other
is crime in all countries. Theft
never had the least backing only by
lawbreakers, while the liquor dealers
have had license for long time and
as good people use liquor as Mr.. Tay-
lor or any body else. / do not say |
am "overly" good for there are none
good but God. So he that is without
sin let him cast the first stone as the
Savior told the Jews, when they
brought the Woman before Him. Oh,
Mr.. Taylor, you forget when you talk
about opium. The law does not dig
it up by the root as you are trying to
do about liquor. They allow it to be
used in the manner it is intended to
be used. Now we have got laws in
regard to men getting drunk. If they
do anything wrong punish them, but
do not rob man Of the right to get
liquor when he wants it. As for me
being three sheets in the wind when |
fell on the harrow, that is not the truth
and must be guess work. had not
drank single drop at the time. The
whisperings around were false, and if
I carnot show as clear record from
getting drunk as any man in Oregon |
will pay for the drinks. AS for peo-
pie doing crimes and packing it on
whisky, that has been the cry since
Adam and Eve siuned in the garden
of Eden. They pack their crime on
something and whisky must stand its
share. AS for the accidents that hap
pen by the carelessness of men that
never saw liquor they may be like my
self falling on the harrow and the
whisperings of few untruths about
it. Now for your scripture. AS far
, as that goes, will say | do not back
men that get intoxicated and do wrong,
, but to do right is to use as much as
, will do you good and no more. The
man that is mean enough to steal your
property if he could is not very good
man and is no better as far as he is
concerned than if he had stolen it.
Now, Mr. Taylor, you say the mel
3 that use liquor are only fit for sheol
. have to say that the best men use
: liquor and the medical man are il
a danger as the most of them use liquor
f in the way of medicine. Now yol
, must stop that for the prohibitionist
f say that king alcohol must be destroyed
, You said that l switch off on tn
J. Book of books, so | did, for | had t
It tell you that the Savior made win
r and you say 1t was water; and by th
e way, the Savior says, he came eatin
o and drinking and they called him
,s glutton and wine-bibbler Friend Tal
# lor, please turn to Matthew ID chal
is 18th verse. You viii find the follow
@ ing "Not that goeth into the mout
r. defleth man, but that which come
# out of the mouth. So you see, tha
u the whisky that is drank is not til
10 cause, but the mean man gets drum
% and packs his pranks on whisky
% Please turn to Titus , chap. Sd vers'
i and you will find that the woma
n drank wine and Was charged not
a take too much, that is not to get drunl
If Friend Taylor, if we want people to |
# good we cannot put all things out {
% their reach that they commit crime
i. for, or we would have nothing lef
;r The noble horses would be gone, a
the money would be gone fer they wi
do wrong to get it. So you will sc
YOU cannot make the human famii
much better than they are. Pass law
to punish crime and allow the MANI
: facture of all things that are accordin
g to the commandments and do not g
l. better than God wants us to be. D
ID as you would want others to do unit
e you, friend Taylor. If you had 500
e 900 in a distillery in Roseburg yo
I. would not think it near as bad as
S steal that amount and have to go
$ jail for life. So there is great di
ID ference after all. Ny letter is get
RS ting too long, and 1 will have to clos
G. W. GENeER.